Vienna Phil premieres work by late timpanist
OrchestrasIn a rare toe-dip into contemporary music, the Vienna Philharmonic will tonight play Bruno Hartl’s Ballad for Large Orchestra, ahead of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique.
Hartl was a timpanist in the orchestra. He retired early in 2015 and died a year ago, aged 60.
The concert is conducted by the Frenchman Altinoglu.
What does Alex Orfaly (the timpanist pictured) have to do with this?
“The concert is conducted by the Frenchman Altinoglu.”
Has Alain Altinoglu gone all pop culture and dropped his first name?
Here is some Hartl:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccPlyVVEJfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1fjmp6RSKw
I think it’s quite entertaining music.